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Underground cables, finally

DPDC starts installation work in Tejgaon

Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) finally started installing underground cable networks yesterday, to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply and enhance the city's beautification.

With this initiative, the capital is the second city to get underground networks, the first being Sylhet city.

Monipuripara in Tejgaon area is getting the first underground electricity connection.

DPDC yesterday installed a ring main unit, a type of switchgear, at Khamarbari.

On November 11, 2018, National Economic Council's executive committee passed a three-year project titled "Power distribution system development project under DPDC".

DPDC officials said the project was supposed to kick off last year. But due to the pandemic, the Chinese engineers who were supposed to work on the project could not arrive on time.

"We had some delays, but we are planning to finish the work within the next two years," Bikash Dewan, executive director of DPDC, told The Daily Star.

He said in the project's first phase, only cables by the side of main roads will be removed.

"We started by installing cables that will run for 2.5 kilometres. A total of 29 kilometres of underline cables will be installed soon," he added.

The first phase of the project, installing the network from Jahangir Gate to Bangabhaban and from Gabtoli to Azimpur, will cost Tk 300 crore, said Mohammad Shahed Mahbub Bhuiya, the project director.

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Underground cables, finally

DPDC starts installation work in Tejgaon

Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) finally started installing underground cable networks yesterday, to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply and enhance the city's beautification.

With this initiative, the capital is the second city to get underground networks, the first being Sylhet city.

Monipuripara in Tejgaon area is getting the first underground electricity connection.

DPDC yesterday installed a ring main unit, a type of switchgear, at Khamarbari.

On November 11, 2018, National Economic Council's executive committee passed a three-year project titled "Power distribution system development project under DPDC".

DPDC officials said the project was supposed to kick off last year. But due to the pandemic, the Chinese engineers who were supposed to work on the project could not arrive on time.

"We had some delays, but we are planning to finish the work within the next two years," Bikash Dewan, executive director of DPDC, told The Daily Star.

He said in the project's first phase, only cables by the side of main roads will be removed.

"We started by installing cables that will run for 2.5 kilometres. A total of 29 kilometres of underline cables will be installed soon," he added.

The first phase of the project, installing the network from Jahangir Gate to Bangabhaban and from Gabtoli to Azimpur, will cost Tk 300 crore, said Mohammad Shahed Mahbub Bhuiya, the project director.

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